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Nutrition, health and food security

ILRI research contributes to the CGIAR impact area on Nutrition, health and food security.

If recent trends continue, the number of under-nourished people will surpass 840 million by 2030. Human health is threatened by poor food safety and diseases transmitted within food systems. Diet-related non-communicable diseases are also increasing across the globe. Food security, health and nutrition are paramount not only for overall human wellbeing, but also for securing livelihoods and economic development.

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Innovations

Volunteer Farmer Trainers as agents of change

Preventing the next pandemic through a One Health approach

Advances in food safety

Harnessing the power of data to transform food systems

Community-based sheep and goat breeding

Affordable insurance for smallholder farmers and herders

Pro-poor dairy policy in East Africa and India

An index for measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture

Climate-smart modeling and futures

A vaccine against the lethal cattle disease East Coast fever

Nutrition, health and food security research initiatives

National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation

Plant Health and Rapid Response to Protect Food Security and Livelihoods

Protecting Human Health Through a One Health Approach

Resilient Cities Through Sustainable Urban and Peri-Urban Agrifood Systems

Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems

Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia

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